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Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.
"Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature."— Aeschylus
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Meaning of this quote
Apollo treats marriage as a bond deserving serious moral protection.
Key takeaway:
Read the claim within the play’s conflict over kinship.
Origin of the quote
Eumenides, around lines 213–218, Apollo.
Who actually said this?
Commonly attributedThe marriage-and-oath argument is documented in the play, but the exact English translation used in the post was not identified.
